It was a day to remember for Josh Parr, taking out all three Group II events on the card at Rosehill on Saturday.
Once again, Racenet was on hand to get the feedback from every rider after every race.
This is what the jockeys thought of their rides during the day.
Race 1 – SCHWEPPES BENCHMARK 76 HANDICAP (1500 METRES)
Place |
Horse |
Jockey |
Comment |
1st |
POSITIVE PROBLEMS |
Blake Shinn |
I knew that Bjorn’s horse would be tough and fit so I rode it that way. |
2nd |
MARIQUITA |
Rachel King (a1.5) |
Made up a lot of ground but just ran out of time. |
3rd |
CAMBAGE |
Christian Reith |
Tough run. They probably went along a little bit quick for me but she toughed it out to the line. |
4th |
MIDNIGHT DELIGHT (NZ) |
Kerrin McEvoy |
She just hung in a little bit today. I’m suggesting she might want a bit more juice in the ground. |
5th |
HEARTLINGS |
Lee Magorrian (a3) |
Felt the ground. |
6th |
LANI GIRL |
Tim Clark |
Disappointing. |
7th |
KARAVALI (NZ) |
Hugh Bowman |
Ordinary. |
Race 2 – TAB HIGHWAY CLASS 3 HANDICAP (1200 METRES)
Place |
Horse |
Jockey |
Comment |
SUNCRAZE |
Corey Brown |
He’s still four different horses in 1200m. I don’t know if he saw a dead bloke at the 700m and skipped up the fence but the bloke on his outside was nowhere near him but he’s a nervous, silly horse. Slowly but surely I’m working him out. He’s a confidence horse. The more confidence you can give him the better he runs for you. |
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2nd |
DON'T GIVE A DAMN |
Kerrin McEvoy |
Really strong effort. He wouldn’t lie down. |
3rd |
LEVEE BANK |
Megan Taylor (a3) |
Good effort. |
4th |
DELIVERED |
Kathy O'Hara |
Great effort. He hit the line good. Looking for seven furlongs next start/ |
5th |
NORTHERN KNIGHT |
Hugh Bowman |
He’s a nice horse in the making. He would have learnt a bit today. He’s one to follow. |
6th |
MOSSMAN GORGE |
Jay Ford |
Very disappointing. I felt like he travelled well in front but he gave me nothing in the run to the line. |
7th |
RUTHLESS AGENT (NZ) |
Tye Angland |
He’ll improve off the run. |
8th |
FERNIEHIRST |
Andrew Adkins (a1.5) |
Just travelled way too hard and couldn’t sprint. |
9th |
WHY ME LORD |
James Innes Jnr (a2) |
We were on Suncraze’s back, just outclassed. |
10th |
HARVEST DREAM |
Rachel King (a1.5) |
Not a bad run, just very mentally immature. |
Race 3 – RYDGES PARRAMATTA BENCHMARK 81 HANDICAP (1800 METRES)
Place |
Horse |
Jockey |
Comment |
1st |
QUICK DEFENCE (USA) |
Brenton Avdulla |
I thought he ran terrific the other day. I think that ride helped me ride him today. I just rode him quiet. I could have ridden him a little bit closer early but I was just going to get involved in the speed battle and I don’t think he appreciates that. He’s obviously going well ridden quiet. I let him come back and found the fence. He relaxed really well and got on the back of the right horses. I never exposed him from and when I really ripped in he found for me. |
2nd |
IMANUI |
Christian Reith |
Good run just couldn’t hold on long enough. |
3rd |
MAPMAKER |
Adam Hyeronimus |
Really good effort. |
4th |
ALWARD (IRE) |
Hugh Bowman |
He carried the top weight but I think the drop back in distance is what beat him today. |
5th |
ZAUNKONIG |
Tye Angland |
Got him to jump a bit better today, rolled forward. He needs another run. |
6th |
HUNTER JACK |
Courtney Van Der Werf (a3) |
He just lacked sprint in the straight. |
7th |
VAUCLUSE BAY |
Corey Brown |
I probably went too far back but he’s just lacking that punch he used to have. |
8th |
EGYPTIAN RULER |
Rachel King (a1.5) |
Just had no luck in running but finished off well. |
9th |
MEINER FRECCIA (JPN) |
Andrew Adkins (a1.5) |
Got shuffled back too far. Had a beautiful run in the race, the winner and the second horse were in front of me but he just dropped like a wet rag at the 600m and that was it. |
10th |
NAT KING CU |
Tim Clark |
Track is too hard. |
11th |
NOT ONLY FLORINA (IRE) |
Blake Shinn |
Disappointing. |
Race 4 – KARI GROUP II STAN FOX STAKES (1500 METRES)
Place |
Horse |
Jockey |
Comment |
1st |
GOLD STANDARD |
Joshua Parr |
The horse has been physically good for a long time but mentally hasn’t worked out what to do so. He’s put everything together today and he’s won like a nice horse. |
2nd |
SANCTIONED |
Hugh Bowman |
Very pleased with him. First time he has been ridden quietly and it took me a while to get into a rhythm but once he did he raced really well and I’d expect a good showing from him next time. |
3rd |
ADDICTIVE NATURE |
Tim Clark |
He had a lovely run. He relaxed a lot better in the race but I feel he didn’t stretch out as well today on that firm track. He’s only in his first preparation and he has a bright future ahead of him. |
4th |
TRAPEZE ARTIST |
Kerrin McEvoy |
Ran well. First time at the trip so I just had to ride him to settle. The race got away from me when the winner dashed but I was doing my best work over the last furlong and a half. |
5th |
ACE HIGH |
Tye Angland |
Went well. They didn’t go as quick as I thought they would. It took him a while to balance himself but he hit the line strong. |
6th |
COLESBERG |
Jason Collett |
Just lacked a turn of foot. |
7th |
THE MISSION |
Corey Brown |
It didn’t look good but he was just really really fresh and when Tim Clark went to cross him down the back he hadn’t really got mobile and once he got mobile he was just too hard too strong first-up. He was disappointing but he did it all upside down. Now he has the edge off him he’ll run much better. |
Race 5 – GROUP II THEO MARKS STAKES (1300 METRES)
Place |
Horse |
Jockey |
Comment |
1st |
DEPLOY |
Joshua Parr |
I was confident. He is in fantastic form at the moment and the stable has him absolutely flying. I’m pleased to get on him today. What a pleasure it is to ride these horses that are going so well. It is a great job. We can often take it for granted. |
2nd |
EGG TART |
Kerrin McEvoy |
I was really pleased with her today. The leader was up and rolling and we were back off it so mathematically we couldn’t make up the ground but she’s given me a good feel at what is well short of her best trip. |
3rd |
EURO ANGEL (NZ) |
Brenton Avdulla |
She was terrific. She is coming out nice and relaxed and you can actually ride a race on her. She’s settling and she found the line well. I think she’s going to win a nice race. |
4th |
DIXIE BLOSSOMS |
Corey Brown |
She ran good considering the speed was solid the whole way. Her being first-up, they strung out, she had to chase a long way from home and she whacked away good. She will improve heaps. |
5th |
CANNYESCENT |
Tim Clark |
He had a nice run but just the way the race was run he had to sustain a long run and I think he prefers to be held up with a short sprint at them but he ran ok. |
6th |
GOOD PROJECT |
Hugh Bowman |
That was a good even run. He’s not quite up to the sharpness of these level of horses but I thought it was a good first-up run. |
7th |
MIGHTY LUCKY |
Chris O'Brien |
It’s gone good. The short trip didn’t really suit him. A bit further next start and a little of rain wouldn’t hurt him. |
Race 6 – IRRESISTIBLE POOLS GROUP III SHERACO STAKES (1200 METRES)
Place |
Horse |
Jockey |
Comment |
1st |
RAVI |
Kerrin McEvoy |
She’s a quality race mare. She’d just been fluffing the start, getting out the back and having bad luck. They were in good races and she wasn’t having the rub of the green. "Peter and Paul just decided to get her out of the barriers better and get her into a better spot. She’s racing much more tractably now. She had a good run there and has shown a superior turn of foot. She has won nicely. |
2nd |
PERIZADA |
Christian Reith |
Very good run, nice mare, obviously she was stepping up in grade today but she was more than up to the task and gave me a great feel. |
3rd |
DAYSEE DOOM |
Andrew Adkins (a0) |
Great run, a bit nippy for her early, she came out a little bit more steady than normal, she finished off well and her last 100m was absolutely outstanding. |
4th |
MAGIC ALIBI |
Jay Ford |
She’s going super, drew well and we had a charmed run and attacked the line well. |
5th |
BONNY O'REILLY (NZ) |
Jason Collett |
Just having to do that little bit of extra work early to get up outside the lead probably just took away from her finish. |
6th |
OMEI SWORD |
Hugh Bowman |
We’ll give her a pass today but we’ll want to see good improvement next start. |
7th |
DANISH TWIST |
Glyn Schofield |
Ran well, didn’t have a lot of luck when we needed it. |
8th |
ALMIGHTY GIRL |
Blake Shinn |
I thought she ran well, had a nice run and she’ll take good benefit from that and she acquit herself well. |
9th |
HUSSTERICAL |
Rachel King (a0) |
Really good run first-up against this tougher company. |
10th |
GIBRALTAR GIRL |
Adam Hyeronimus |
I thought it was a respectable run, I think she just needs a little bit softer track. It’s quite firm today, so a bit softer track I think there’s no reason why she can’t win one of these mares’ races. |
11th |
DENMAGIC |
Corey Brown |
No luck again, she got trapped three-wide from an awkward gate. She covered a lot of ground and got forced out even wider on the home turn. She ran okay, but you can’t do that on this track. |
12th |
GHISONI |
Brenton Avdulla |
I probably expected a little bit more from her today, but she’s been off the scene for a while and she is obviously a very talented mare when right. I’ll leave it to James [Cummings] and his team to see where to next. |
13th |
ZENALICIOUS |
Tim Clark |
Went no good today. |
Race 7 – GROUP II THE RUN TO THE ROSE (1200 METRES)
Place |
Horse |
Jockey |
Comment |
1st |
MENARI |
Joshua Parr |
Look at the size of the horse. It is just phenomenal to ride an animal like this. His turn of foot is second to none. I banged him up outside of the leader simply because of the draw. I had to make a decision. I couldn’t come out half-hearted and linger around at the risk of being posted wide so I decided to go forward. |
2nd |
PARIAH |
Blake Shinn |
He ran really well, had a lovely run behind the winner. Travelled beautifully, just maybe the weight swing, Menari had 1kg difference, in saying that full credit to the winner he was too good on the day, but level weights at 1400m in the Golden Rose, it’s going to be an exciting race. |
3rd |
PERAST |
Adam Hyeronimus |
Respectable run he went well, probably just had to a little bit too much work early and that told in the finish. He’s run a very good race, if I had my time again I would still drive him out, he’s a cheeky bugger but he’s taking the right steps. |
4th |
KEMENTARI |
Kerrin McEvoy |
I was just guided by how he jumped and had a decision to make as to whether I went forward or came back and get some cover. Chose the latter and then we were just sort of back and out of the race. Couldn’t have done much more, no doubt he’s going to be suited by 1400m and further. It was a pleasing first-up run. |
5th |
SHOGUN SUN |
Christian Reith |
Really good run, he was just a little bit slow into stride today. Probably cost him a few lengths, but I thought he was really strong late. Really nice horse, just needs to do a bit of maturing. If they can get him in I wouldn’t be afraid of running him in the Rose. |
6th |
CHAUFFEUR |
Brenton Avdulla |
Happy with him, bit brighter today raced a bit more freshly, it’s just a track where it’s hard to run down the leaders, but I’m happy with him going to 1400m. |
7th |
INVADER |
Hugh Bowman |
Just a bit too fast for him, the pace was too strong and he’ll be more suited when he gets over a little bit further. |
8th |
DIAMOND TATHAGATA |
Corey Brown |
Little bit firm for my bloke today.
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9th |
TANGLED |
Tye Angland |
He needed that today, he travelled well but when they let down they were a bit strong for him. |
Race 8 – FUGEN BENCHMARK 90 HANDICAP (1200 METRES)
Place |
Horse |
Jockey |
Comment |
1st |
ZUMBELINA |
Glyn Schofield |
Jumped, landed in a good spot tailed the favourite and when he’d had enough at the furlong I was just chiming in. Strong effort. |
2nd |
TANGO RAIN |
Brenton Avdulla |
Beaten by the better horse on the day. |
3rd |
ISORICH |
Kathy O'Hara |
Great run from him. Honest horse. |
4th |
SUPREME EFFORT |
Lee Magorrian (a3) |
He went great. We were a little bit further back then I wanted to be. I got beaten by the early speed but up to 1400m he’ll be hard to beat. |
5th |
TOP STRIKER |
Jay Ford |
It was an improved run on what he’s been doing. |
6th |
MANA |
Hugh Bowman |
No comment. |
7th |
SUNNY VICTORY |
Christian Reith |
Good run. The space between runs just told at the end. |
8th |
GAMBLESTOWN (NZ) |
Corey Brown |
He actually ran well for the time that he’s had off. |
9th |
COGLIERE |
Andrew Adkins (a1.5) |
Very good run. Obviously, speed early with no blinkers on today. Settled back travelled well and attacked the line. His last 100m was his best which is exactly what I wanted to see. He’s in for a nice preparation. |
10th |
DENPURR |
Kerrin McEvoy |
We got back and couldn’t get back into the race. She might enjoy a bit further now. |
11th |
LAST WITNESS |
Tim Clark |
He couldn’t get into the race from back in the field and wide. He might want a little more give in the ground too. |
12th |
PRO CONSUL |
Rachel King (a1.5) |
A little bit flat today, probably needs a spell. |
13th |
PETROSSIAN |
Blake Shinn |
Reared at the start. Forget it went around. |
Race 9 – TAB.COM.AU BENCHMARK 84 HANDICAP (1400 METRES)
Place Horse Jockey Comment 1st WAYANKA Brenton Avdulla He ran terrific just got held up
at the wrong time. 2nd INTERLOCUTER (USA) Tye Angland Very good run. 3rd OKLAHOMA GIRL Hugh Bowman Good return. 4th COSMOPOL Corey Brown Ran really well but he’d like a
bit of dampness in the track. 5th CHOICE LARGA Courtney Van Der Werf (a3) He just got run down late. 6th MAKEADANE Christian Reith Good return, the horse gave me a
good feel. 7th PEACOCK Blake Shinn Every chance, good run. 8th BUDDEROO KNIGHT Andrew Adkins (a1.5) He ran well. I think next start
over a mile I’ll bounce out and lead on the horse. He’s just a bit of a
nervous around other horses. 9th GALAXY WARRIOR Rachel King (a1.5) Really, really good run first-up
just probably the awkward barrier didn’t help. 10th EBENOS Kerrin McEvoy Just an even run. 11th THE PHAROAH Jay Ford We had to do a bit of work but he
did give it up quite quickly so he might have come to the end of it. 12th BE LIKE DAD Kathy O'Hara Good run from him. Probably just
wants further and a bit of give in the ground. 13th GOT UNDERS James Innes Jnr (a2) Went average for him. Just never
travelled. 14th HE'S A GIVEN Jason Collett Stuck wide no cover but would
appreciate softer going.
(Protest Upheld)